5 Most Popular Posts: May 2018

We here at the Independent love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are May’s winners.

An Interview with Rachel Lyon

The debut novelist talks art, life-altering decisions, and the reality of scrapping the first draft.

Our Souls at Night

Nothing replenishes like nocturnal reading

Writers LIVE: Meet Darnell Moore:

The author of No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America comes to Baltimore on Tues., June 5th, at 6:30PM!

Romance Roundup: June 2018

A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.

7 Best-Reviewed Books of May

We came, we read, we gushed. Here’s a recap of the titles that left us especially warm and swoony this past month.

Room to Write

In this Year of Writing, our intrepid author attempts to clear a spot — on the table, on the calendar, and in her brain — to get some work done.